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Scout and Jem continue exchanging gifts with Boo Radley, and they learn from Miss Maudie that Boo was never a monster, but that he was a kind and intelligent boy. His father was too strict, and punished him severely for making a small mistake. Boo never leaves the house now, she said, because his father’s abuse made him shy and awkward. Unfortunately, when Boo’s brother learns about the gifts in the hollow tree, he fills the tree with cement. The children and Boo can no longer communicate, and Jem becomes very frustrated. severely abuse awkward frustrated compassion let ~ down essence conscience 5 10 15 “Scout,” said Atticus, “when summer comes you’ll have to keep your head about far worse things... it’s not fair for you and Jem, I know that, but sometimes we have to make the best of things, and the way we conduct ourselves when the chips are down —well, all I can say is, when you and Jem are grown, maybe you’ll look back on this with some compassion and some feeling that I didn’t let you down. This case, Tom Robinson’s case, is something that goes to the essence of a man’s conscience—Scout, I couldn’t go to church and worship God if I didn’t try to help that man.” Chapter 11 78 I LESSON 3 Novel